Genesis 12 — ASV
12Verse 1Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show thee:Verse 2and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing:Verse 3and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.Verse 4So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.Verse 5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.Verse 6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.Verse 7And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.Verse 8And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.Verse 9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.Verse 10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.Verse 11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:Verse 12and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.Verse 13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.Verse 14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.Verse 15And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.Verse 16And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.Verse 17And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.Verse 18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?Verse 19why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.Verse 20And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.